NC/SLA
Communicates!
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While the passing of Labor Day officially signals
the end of summer, you really can’t tell by our hot North Carolina weather. With
the beginning of the Fall season comes increased activity in many organizations
with the start of a new academic year at schools and universities and the ending
of fiscal years for many others. We have had a wonderful summer of Chapter
events, and many thanks go to our President-elect, Joanie Olivier, and her team
for their organization and creativity. Our summer family picnic, the first event
of this kind, was a terrific way to spend some down time with colleagues and
watch the kids enjoy themselves. The Certified Content Rights Management course,
a new type of event for our Chapter, was a great success, resulting in all
participants earning the CCRM certification. Our highly skilled Web team has
made significant improvements to our Chapter’s Web site over the summer,
implementing new technologies and greatly improving the look and feel and
functionality of this resource. Kudos to Jamal and Phillip as well as others who
continue to contribute to these efforts.
With the Fall season gearing up,
Chapter activities are in full swing. The nominations committee has been hard at
work over the last few weeks preparing for upcoming elections with a new slate
of officers. There are many talented individuals in our Chapter, and we need
your participation. If you are called upon by a member of the committee, please
consider seriously the opportunity to serve in a leadership role. It can be a
very rewarding experience. Be sure to watch our listserv for announcements of
the final activities for the remainder of the year, including annual elections,
our professional development workshop, and our second annual officers’
installation dinner. I look forward to seeing everyone soon at an upcoming
event.
On August 2, 2007, 12 members of our local
chapter attended the "Certified Content Rights Manager" course taught by Adam
Ayer from LicenseLogic LLC. Copyright Clearance Center helped sponsor the class.
The CCRM curriculum was designed to help organizations properly manage their
content rights. We learned about copyright law components, managing content
rights within licenses to help lower liability costs and developing and
maintaining a content rights management plan. We even broke into teams and held
a mock contract negotiation. The class ended with an exam (luckily it was open
book) and we believe that everyone has been certified!
After the class
we joined with 35 additional members of NC/SLA and their guests for a picnic.
There was lots of food including grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and side dishes
from Red, Hot and Blue. The macaroni and cheese was a big hit! We also held a
dessert contest and the winner was Karin Shank. Special thanks to Karin for this
delicious treat... There were several requests for the recipe. Other activities
included bocce ball and a water balloon toss (the kids dominated).
Despite the extreme heat, these were well-attended events. It was great
to have so many new members in attendance and a lovely way to spend the
afternoon!
Upcoming events:
October 11th: Show Casing our
Profession in Greensboro
November 15th: Officers
Inauguration
~Thanks to Joanie Olivier for this
article~
Have you been thinking about getting more
involved in professional activities? Becoming part of our Chapter Leadership is
a great way to network and hone new skills. We are seeking nominations for the
following positions:
President-Elect
First Year
Director
Secretary
If you are interested in hearing more about any
of these positions or want to recommend someone who may be interested, please
contact Erin Knight, Nominations
Committee Chair, by Wednesday, September 12th (919-558-1215 or knight@thehamner.org).
Don't forget to use the chapter's website to keep
up-to-date on upcoming events, job opportunities, meeting minutes, and other
information from your fellow members. If you have a resource or opportunity that
you would like added to the site, you can post it immediately through the blogs.
Also, if you would like to create your own blog and have it acknowledged
on the official NCSLA site, follow these easy steps:
1. Contact Jamal Cromity to request the
appropriate template information and banner image.
2. Go to: http://wordpress.com/
3. Create account and
a blog
4. Click “Presentation”, Use the template and banner image I
provide
5. Send me the name and the URL for your blog
6. Be sure to add
the widget for links which show your Blogroll information
7. Start Blogging
It is that simple! Feel free to add as many features to your own blog as
you deem necessary.
The website is being continually revised and
updated, so check back often!
At The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
(formerly CIIT Centers for Health Research), Diana Chike has been
promoted from Assistant Librarian to Librarian. Jennifer Stringer, who
completed her MLS in May, has been promoted From library co-op student to
Information Services Support Specialist. Manager Erin Knight is thrilled to have
these two terrific librarians on her team!
News from the National
Humanities Center is that Betsy Dain has retired from the library.
Josiah Drewry, a recent SILS graduate, is our new ILL and Reference
Librarian.
GrayLIT Network
The GrayLIT Network is a “portal for
searching technical report information generated through federally funded
research and development projects”. It makes gray literature collections
available to users by tapping into the “search engines of distributed gray
literature collections, enabling the user to find information without first
having to know the sponsoring agency”. Because GrayLIT Network applies the
cross-searching capability of Distributed Explorer to utilize the capability of
each individual site search (full-text, bibliographic, etc.), search results are
returned accordingly. Sites can be recommended for inclusion into the GrayLIT
Network via email or the comments form on the Contacts/Comments Web page.”
Gray Literature Internet Resources
ACRL provides a good
overview of gray literature and various internet resources for searching for
it. “The focus is upon freely available resources that offer some full-text
coverage. While the majority of these selections concentrate upon scientific and
technical literature, other resources have been included to illustrate the wide
range and variation of gray literature.”
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Best
regards,
Jennifer Klimas, Diana
Chike, Jamal Cromity, Barb LeBlanc, & Phillip Senn (your communications
team)